From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 25 3:43: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCFC037B405 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:43:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5476843EB2 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:43:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp05.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H7OB7Q02.FC5; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 12:43:02 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 12:42:02 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) Personal Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1723115519.20021225124202@dds.nl> To: "Rafael Sierra" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alternate Boot In-Reply-To: <001301c2abdc$3f896940$71932a85@wicked> References: <001301c2abdc$3f896940$71932a85@wicked> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear/Beste Rafael, Wednesday, December 25, 2002, 7:09:56 AM, you wrote: > Hi > I need to reformulate the question I made before. > I have a small and non-standard pc; in order to avoid conflicts between the > FreeBSD install process and the BIOS, I had to remove the USB-boot support > (cd/floppy) from the BIOS. > So My only chance now is to perform a remote install (FTP to FreeBSD > desktop). However I only have the Hard Disk and a Compact Flash card as > primary and secondary boot devices. (Drives "C" and "D" under DOS) > Question: How can I make the HD or the CF bootable in order to start the > FreeBSD setup? > Also, may the 'bsdboot.com' program found on tools/bsdboot be of any help? > Thanks in advance. > Rafael. You can have a small partition and install the boot image (3MB) on it with the same tool you can use for writing the floppies. After that you have to mark the partiiton active with fdisk. You will not be able to use this space during the installation of FreeBSD. You can reuses this space after that for swap space. I have used this trick on a linux computer using the swap space of the computer. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message